San Franciscans: see them live Thursday night at Annie's Social Club
Also, correction to what I said on-air: they have a member of the Pleasure Kills, not the Top Tens. (That's what happens when I backannounce under pressure after putting my notes away.)

Tue. 12/8/09 11:30pm
san francisco spike:
this is sonic torture of the best kind! where did you find it?

Tue. 12/8/09 11:31pm
the rube:
damn that was annoying

Tue. 12/8/09 11:31pm
Doc:
this is awesome

Tue. 12/8/09 11:31pm
Rachel:
ugh more like even 'trunk' davies

Tue. 12/8/09 11:32pm
dave:
justine from math the band seems only rarely find her way out of her new jersey/texas orbit.

Tue. 12/8/09 11:32pm
Brendan:
That Savior Adore track was beautiful. Kind of bummed that it seemed every college station in the western hemisphere got a shout out from Justine and mine didn't, and she just played a show here too!

Tue. 12/8/09 11:33pm
dave:
also, i kinda think i might have a little crush on justine from math the band.

Tue. 12/8/09 11:34pm
Sybil:
justine does only one thing, but she does it well.

Tue. 12/8/09 11:35pm
osvi:
Props to KDVS and you EFD. Enjoying the beats.

Tue. 12/8/09 11:39pm
dave:
i'm pretty sure justine is the one in the hat:
http://bit.ly/6y9uNk

Wed. 12/9/09 12:01am
john:
Spent four years with WHUS as the only station worth tuning into, early-80s stylee. Cheetah Chrome live and drunk in the studio a particular highlight. Pity there's no way to pronounce it other than "wuss."

Wed. 12/9/09 12:06am
efd:
after all my bragadoccio i don't even see a math the band id for WHUS! phooey.

Wed. 12/9/09 12:09am
Joe:
Bernard "motherfuckin" Purdie.

I mean, seriously people. Holy shit.

Wed. 12/9/09 12:13am
Sybil:
You'll be glad to know that "orange" has been rhymed.

A long time ago, actually.

http://tinyurl.com/yh5bgfy

Wed. 12/9/09 12:20am
Arni:
the cowbell seems to be the theme tonight.

Wed. 12/9/09 12:25am
Brendan:
efd - no worries.
John, is there any way to get in touch with you about some WHUS history? There's been some semi-serious talk of attempting to create a written history.

Wed. 12/9/09 12:37am
Jessica:
That's very odd, seeing the stbx['s name] associated with a station I typically associate with the actual-ex. Sometimes this world is just way too tiny.

Also: woo, new Fallen Leaves!
I [heart] them a lot.

Wed. 12/9/09 12:39am
Lu20:
Great show tonight! Love PHB!!!

Wed. 12/9/09 12:47am
Sybil:
Wayback in the 80's, I used to share a wall with a band called The Chairs. They were pretty hoppin, too. My main memory of them, though: one time their lead singer told me that they were better than Tin Huey because "we're still together, and they're not".

I think he was jealous of my love for Tin Huey.

Thanks for the memories.

[This comment took a long time to articulate...]

Wed. 12/9/09 12:47am
AZ:
Wow...William Truckaway! Way to dig deep!

Wed. 12/9/09 12:49am
efd:
I figured if anyone would appreciate that song it would be you, AZ. Or possibly John.

Wed. 12/9/09 1:10am
AZ:
Off the top of my head, there were probably about 20 loss-leaders (there are a few records that kinda-sorta fit the category, but not quite, so it's hard to get an exact count). Many people have said over the years "hey, it'd be great to reissue some of those loss leaders," but as you correctly surmise, the clearance issues would be insurmountable. BTW, I used to know Elaine, the very nice person at WB who used to answer all of the loss leader letters and then mailed out the records. (They even used her in advertising at one point.) Checks and money orders were always accepted, but plenty of people just sent a couple of dollar bills. I love the '68 and '69 loss leaders, which are brilliantly compiled, but the late 70's "Troublemakers" may have been the greatest of them all.

Wed. 12/9/09 1:12am
Lino:
The Upper Crust are so proper...and Justine....SHUT UP

Wed. 12/9/09 1:16am
Jan Coztás:
That Ganglians song is so, so, so good. Thanks for playing it!

Wed. 12/9/09 1:17am
efd:
Jan, you're welcome - my pleasure!

Lino, you can't blame Justine for my own manipulations. But I'm with you on the Upper Crust.

AZ, thanks for the Loss Leader info - exactly what I was looking for!

Greetings, DAnne D!

Wed. 12/9/09 1:18am
AZ:
Inevitably, it turns out that there's an entire website devoted to the loss leaders: http://www.dustbury.com/music/wblist2.html
By their count, the number is 35!

Wed. 12/9/09 1:23am
efd:
of course there is! Thanks for the link, I'll check it out when I'm off-duty.

Wed. 12/9/09 1:28am
randy in NC:
Lotsa blues tonight...

Wed. 12/9/09 1:30am
randy in NC:
... as in I IV I IV V :

Wed. 12/9/09 1:36am
AZ:
My Teenage Stride: I like the way they've turned a random line from an Eno song into a hook!

Wed. 12/9/09 1:46am
randy in NC:
AZ, not only that but it sounded a bit like On a Faraway Beach